{"id":93439,"date":"2023-09-14T10:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T08:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/?page_id=93439"},"modified":"2026-02-10T04:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:28:27","slug":"pasztory-kovacs-szilvia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/about\/staff\/pasztory-kovacs-szilvia\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e1sztory-Kov\u00e1cs Szilvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><\/p> <p>I am Dr. Szilvia P\u00e1sztory-Kov\u00e1cs, a research associate at the Department of Zoology. At the department, I teach and organize the subjects Current Issues in Biology, Population Genetics and Evolutionary Biology and Field Practice I for the BSc students. I hold an Article Reading Seminar course for Master&#8217;s students. My current area of research interest is population genetics and population dynamics of birds of prey.<\/p> <p><strong>Main research areas:<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>Analysis of long-term ringing data series of songbirds using statistical methods<\/li> <li>Statistical sex determination and validation of birds based on morphological marks using molecular methods<\/li> <li>Population genetics and phylogeography of the bald eagle, hatching and breeding dispersal movements<\/li> <li>Examination of the food composition of the bald eagle in Hungary in the last 40 years<\/li> <li>Population viability analysis (PVA) of the bald eagle population in the Carpathian basin<\/li> <li>Estimating the survival of breeding birds in the bald eagle<\/li> <li>Estimation of kin avoidance and inbreeding in bald eagles<\/li> <li>Analysis of the reliability of the non-invasive sampling method in population dynamics studies of birds of prey<\/li> <li>Hybridization of the prairie eagle and the desert eagle<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>Topic management<\/strong><\/p> <p>MSc students: 4<\/p> <p>BSc students: 5<\/p> <p>TDK theses: 4<\/p> <p><strong>Optional thesis topics:<\/strong><\/p> <p>Study of the genetic diversity and phylogeography of western, non-migratory fallow deer populations<br \/> Changes in the sex ratio of Parlagisas saplings in the last 15 years and the detection of the ecological factors influencing this.<\/p> <p><strong>Progress:<\/strong><\/p> <p>2013-University of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Zoology<\/p> <p>2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PhD, University of Veterinary Science<\/p> <p>2007-2013 University of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biomathematics and Computer Science<\/p> <p>2002-2007 University of Veterinary Medicine, applied zoologist<\/p> <p><strong>Publication list (Top 10)<\/strong><\/p> <p>Szilvia Kov\u00e1cs, Tibor Cs\u00f6rg\u0151, Andrea Harnos, P\u00e9ter Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1ri, Krisztina Nagy<\/p> <p>Change in migration phenology and biometrics of two conspecific Sylvia species in Hungary<\/p> <p>JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 152 : 2 pp. 365-373. , 9 p.m. (2011)<\/p> <p>Kov\u00e1cs Sz, Cs\u00f6rg\u0151 T, Harnos A, Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1ri P, Nagy K<\/p> <p>Changes in migration phenology and biometrical traits of Reed, Marsh and Sedge Warblers<\/p> <p>CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY 7 : 1 pp. 115-125. , 11 p.m. (2012)<\/p> <p>Harnos A, Nora A, Kovacs S, Lang Z, Csorgo T<\/p> <p>Increasing protandry in the spring migration of the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in Central Europe<\/p> <p>JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 156 : 2 pp. 543-546. , 4 p. (2014)<\/p> <p>Vili N, Nemesh\u00e1zi E, Kov\u00e1cs Sz, Horv\u00e1th M, Kalm\u00e1r L, Szab\u00f3 K<\/p> <p>Factors affecting DNA quality in feathers used for non-invasive sampling<\/p> <p>JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 154 : 2 pp. 587-595. , 9 p.m. (2013)<\/p> <p>Vili N, Szab\u00f3 K, Kov\u00e1cs Sz, Kabai P, Kalm\u00e1r L, Horv\u00e1th M<\/p> <p>High turnover rate revealed by non-invasive genetic analyzes in an expanding Eastern Imperial Eagle population<\/p> <p>ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE 59 : 3 pp. 279-295. , 17 p. (2013)<\/p> <p>Hetenyi N, Satorhelyi T, Kovacs S, Hullar I<\/p> <p>Effects of two dietary vitamin and mineral supplements on the growth and health of Hermann&#8217;s tortoise (Testudo hermanni).<\/p> <p>BERLINER UND MUNCHENER TIERARZTLICHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 127 : 5-6 pp. 251-256. , 6 p.m. (2014)<\/p> <p>N\u00f3ra \u00c1gh, Szilvia Kov\u00e1cs, Edina Nemesh\u00e1zi, Kriszti\u00e1n Szab\u00f3<\/p> <p>Feasibility of universal CHD1 sexing markers in various bird orders<\/p> <p>JOURNAL OF HUNGARIAN VETERINARIANS 140 : 1 pp. 47-59. , 13 p. (2018)<\/p> <p>Vili N, Horv\u00e1th MB, Kov\u00e1cs Sz, Chavko J, Hornung E, Kalm\u00e1r L<\/p> <p>Alternative sampling methods in avian genetic studies: sexing, microsatellites based individual identification and mtDNA analyzes of eastern imperial eagles (Aquila heliaca)<\/p> <p>JOURNAL OF HUNGARIAN VETERINARIANS 131 : 7 pp. 426-435. , 10 p.m. (2009)<\/p> <p>M\u00e1rton Horv\u00e1th, B\u00e9la Solti, Imre Fat\u00e9r, Tibor Juh\u00e1sz, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Haraszthy, Tam\u00e1s Szitta, Zsuzsanna Ball\u00f3k, Szilvia P\u00e1sztory-Kov\u00e1cs<\/p> <p>Temporal changes in the diet composition of the Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) in Hungary<\/p> <p>ORNIS HUNGARICA 26 : 1 pp. 1-26. Paper: 10.1515\/orhu-2018-0001, 26 p. (2018).<\/p> <p>Andrea HARNOS, P\u00e9ter FEH\u00c9RV\u00c1RI, S\u00e1ndor Imre PIROSS, Zsolt KARCZA, Nora \u00c1GH, Szilvia KOV\u00c1CS, Tibor CS\u00d6RG\u0150<\/p> <p>Exploratory analyzes of migration timing and morphometrics of the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)<\/p> <p>ORNIS HUNGARICA 24 : 2 pp. 109-126. , 18 p. (2016)<\/p> <p>Nikoletta Het\u00e9nyi, Tam\u00e1s S\u00e1torhelyi, Szilvia Kov\u00e1cs, Istv\u00e1n Hull\u00e1r<\/p> <p>Variations in blood biochemical values in male Hermann&#8217;s tortoises (Testudo hermanni)<\/p> <p>Veterinaria-Sarajevo 65 : 1 pp. 15-21. , 7 p.m. (2016)<\/p> <p>MTMT2 | Google Scholar | ORCHID<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: I am Dr. Szilvia P\u00e1sztory-Kov\u00e1cs, a research associate at the Department of Zoology. At the department, I teach and organize the subjects Current Issues in Biology, Population Genetics and Evolutionary Biology and Field Practice I for the BSc students. 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